(June 30, 2024) —Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club completed distribution of its proceeds from its Charity Golf Tournament. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 204, the Club has donated $32,960 to local organizations as well as to Rotary International’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative and special international causes.
The funds were donated as follows:
- $8,000 for four Service Above Self Scholarships awarded to graduating seniors at Sussex Central High School
- $3,800 for monthly Birthday Bash Celebrations, presenting children attending the Oak Orchard Boys and Girls Club with $25 gift cards in their birthday month, and all children with a cupcake and juice.
- $6460 for the Rotary Reads Program serving all students at the Long Neck Elementary School with the book “Do You Remember” by Sydney Smith
- $1,500 to Long Neck Elementary School for their Outdoor Classroom
- $2,000 to Literacy Delaware to support adult literacy
- $1,200 to the Oak Orchard Boys and Girls Club to use for their motivational pizza parties
- $2,500 to the Great Futures Fund to build the addition to the Oak Orchard Boys and Girls Club
- $500 to Rotary International’s Polio Plus program to eradicate polio
- $500 to Beebe Hospital
- $500 to Bayhealth Hospital
- $1,500 to Warrior Community Connect to support their work with veterans
- $1,000 to Mid-Sussex Rescue Squad
- $1,000 to Indian River Volunteer Fire Company
- $1,000 to Tunnel to Towers Foundation supporting veterans and first responders
- $500 to Maui Wildfire relief
- $1,000 to Rise Against Hunger
The annual Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club Charity Golf Tournament is a major fund raiser for Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club who uses the proceeds raised through business sponsorships and tee signs to support youth, adults and veterans in the greater Long Neck Community along with other Rotary initiatives serving those in need.